CHARTING NEXT-GENERATION SPACE RESEARCH
The Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) is dedicated to disruptive space engineering, research and education for the second-generation workforce – including hands-on build, test and flight demonstrations of spacecraft and satellites. SERC seeks to challenge traditional methods of space R&D, manufacturing and exploration with approaches that dramatically reduce costs, enable novel capabilities and support vital creation of space to space services and interactions. Located at ISI, the premier Institute at USC, projects include exploration of information technology and sciences applied to the space domain.
SERC NEWS
Optical Reef Team Presents at IAU Symposium
The Optical Reef team at the Space Engineering Research Center recently presented at the International Astronomical Union’s 2026 Symposium: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures. Optical Reef is a multidisciplinary research endeavor aiming to bridge the gap between large, assembled space telescope apertures and the precision required to make viable observations in the visible spectrum. Optical…
TESTIMONIALS
What our alumni say about us
Aymeric Coron, Masters Student French Air and Space Force Academy, 2023
(Working at SERC) was a great experience that allowed me to use my previous knowledge for the active development of technological solutions.
I credit the experience I gained working on SERC Floatbots for landing me a job at Northrop Grumman doing research on spacecraft navigation systems.
As a foreign visiting student, my experience at SERC had been incredibly valuable. {...} SERC offered to me the very first opportunity I have ever had to perform hands-on activities on very high-level projects, working directly on the development and first-phase realization of a new prototype.